That totally sucks! I'm glad I got my account a couple days ago. I did the free $1 promo. I've started the process to link my checking account. Hopefully I got in under the photo-ID wire. I'll let y'all know.

People have received debit cards and MB accounts fraudulently already due to uploaded credentials.As said above it's too easy for a professional with good tools to edit a passport, driver's license etc.

To show someone else's face and name. The shadowing, letter type etc. can all be matched to a T. You will never notice it even if you have checked ID's for decades.

Nothing wrong with it. They are tightening up because of the recent fraud...

What about the fact there are forums and onion sites where you can pay ~$20 to counterfeiters for an altered european/american ID scan or drivers license scan identical to a real one with a photo, full name, serial number etc.?

If the counterfeit was created by the actual stolen template software & not photoshop, it's literally identical with a real ID card or driver's license.

I didn't get this on a withdrawal that I did tonight. My account has been active since early June. I'm thinking it's only for either new accounts, deposits, or accounts that have been flagged for some reason.

I withdraw some money from MtGox to dwolla and I got a call from dwolla.They asked me for my name and address, they didn't ask for ID.This was strange because I was only receiving money not sending it, so there is no risk of chargebacks to them.

I withdraw some money from MtGox to dwolla and I got a call from dwolla.They asked me for my name and address, they didn't ask for ID.This was strange because I was only receiving money not sending it, so there is no risk of chargebacks to them.

I withdraw some money from MtGox to dwolla and I got a call from dwolla.They asked me for my name and address, they didn't ask for ID.This was strange because I was only receiving money not sending it, so there is no risk of chargebacks to them.

I withdraw some money from MtGox to dwolla and I got a call from dwolla.They asked me for my name and address, they didn't ask for ID.This was strange because I was only receiving money not sending it, so there is no risk of chargebacks to them.

How old is your account?

Almost 3 months.

I guess they must be flagging accounts by some criteria, or imposing the requirement randomly.

This is a result of FinCen "know your customer" laws. Any exchange which trades USD will be required to do this. Cryptsy is working very hard to get USD trading implemented. A lot of people will have a great time trying to extract funds from there after they are forced to mandate ID as well. Remember when this happened at MtGox? Lot of free money MtGox was "forced" to keep because the customers could not verify their ID.

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